Tag: Grilled Chicken

And my love for Greek food continues… 🙂 This Chicken Souvlaki recipe is fun to make, easy to do and satisfying to eat! Grilled chicken tenders marinated in garlic, lime juice, spices and herbs partnered with a fresh yogurt sauce – try something different than your usual dishes at home and surprise your loved ones with this winner recipe!

What you will need:

For the CHICKEN SKEWERS:

• 4 pieces Chicken breast fillet cut into cubes
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves (grated or minced)
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp rock salt/kosher salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• bamboo skewers (to be used later)

Combine all these ingredients in a bowl, mix well and put in the chicken cubes. Leave in the fridge to marinate for 30-40 minutes. You can add more olive oil as desired to help evenly grill the chicken later.

Prepare the yogurt sauce whilst chicken is still marinating

For the Yogurt Dip:

• 1.5 cups greek yogurt
• half cup finely minced cucumber (make sure not to include the seeds!)
• 1 clove grated garlic
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• minced parsley or dill (whichever you prefer)
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)

In a small bowl, combine greek yogurt, grated garlic, lemon juice, minced cucumber and roughly mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with parsley and place in the fridge to set aside. (how easy was that!?)

Preparing to Grill:

Get your marinated chicken out of the fridge (after 40 mins~) and thread chicken cubes onto skewers. Whilst you’re on it, start heating your grill or grill pan.

Properly place skewers on the grill, best to do this in 2 batches (if let’s say you have 10 sticks). Let it cook on each side for 5 minutes or so until you achieve that tender smoky chicken perfection – do not overcook as this will dry out your chicken

Grab the yogurt sauce your prepared, arrange it with your hot off the grill chicken skewers and serve with pita bread OR hummus OR rice (because I’m Pinoy like that – rice is rice!) and ENJOY!